Monk Montgomery

My research journey has led to me to a fascinating article in an issue of Melody Maker from November 28, 1953. This is an important year for Monk Montgomery and for the Fender Precision Bass. In 1953, Montgomery took the…

The journey of discovering and accumulating Monk Montgomery’s recorded output has been long, yet enjoyable and rewarding. In a recording career that spanned a near 30 year period, Montgomery recorded on dozens of studio and live albums, some of which…

Over the course of the past few weeks, I have finished working through the II V I lines in Monk Montgomery’s Electric Bass Method. I believe that transposing so many lines into all keys has had great benefits for…

Following my presentation at The University Of York Music Department Postgraduate Forum this month, it was suggested to me that I download software from Sonic Visualiser in order to aid me in the process of recording analysis. This software (available…

A significant portion of my research is currently focused on the practise of Montgomery's playing techniques, harmonic concepts, note choices, etc. The Monk Montgomery Electric Bass Method is a useful tool in this process. Not only does Montgomery go into…

A supervision meeting for my PhD this week has been very useful with regards to the analysis of audio recordings. My supervisor suggested that I look into using a piece of software in the iZotpope RX range in order to…

This week has been busy with regards to work so finding practice time has been more challenging. I have progressed with the bass guitar as I have access to the instrument when I am teaching. Rather than longer practice sessions…

This week, I have progressed with my instrumental practise to the point where all of the II V lines in the first section of the tuition book have been covered on the bass guitar. This regular practice regime has allowed…

In order to be able to recreate Montgomery’s playing techniques for the recording part of my thesis, I need to spend significant time practicing on the bass guitar and double bass. Instrumental practice always plays a part of my daily…

In this blog post, I am going to discuss the progress made with the recording process and share my thoughts so far. 2021 was a difficult year to organise projects that involved other musicians being in confined spaces due to…

My Ph.D research has been underway for three years up until the time of writing. As I am studying part time for the Ph.D, I am approximately half way through the process. However, I see my research into Monk Montgomery…